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Highlights

• London has not proved immune from the crisis in the residential development industry. New build starts have fallen to unprecedented lows, further widening the gap between the number of new homes being constructed in the capital and the number of new households forming. Supply is particularly constrained
in the super-prime sector.

• Demand from City employees will weaken with bonuses in 2009 predicted to be around a third of peak levels – but increasing interest from abroad, triggered by the weak pound, will provide some counterbalance. With prices falling by as much as 40% for new build stock in some secondary locations, gross yields are
reaching double figures and investors are becoming more active.

• In this review, we set out the key issues impacting on the London development sector and Alan Benson, Head of Housing and Homelessness at the Greater London Authority (GLA) expands on the thinking behind the Mayor of London’s new housing strategy.

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A two-year freeze in council tax has been approved by Lambeth Council’s cabinet.

The freeze, intended to help residents out during the economic downturn, was approved on Monday along with the council’s budget.

The Labour-run council has promised the freeze will be implemented without any cuts to frontline services.

But critics highlighted cuts in the budget for adults with learning difficulties, while £1.5m will be cut from looking after children in care.

The cabinet argued the council has simply made efficiency savings across its services – £36m in total – and the quality of service will not be affected.

The cultural services department, which has suffered a freeze in services such as park maintenance and some library spending after a projected £2.5m overspend last year, has not yet set its budget.

Conservative leader Councillor John Whelan said this suggested the problems in the department were not being resolved and all the while the borough’s parks and libraries were suffering.

But council officers said the budget proposals gave more time to addressing issues and looking at the environment across the department to address the budget properly.

Council leader Steve Reed said officers from across the council should be celebrated for the £36m efficiency savings that had allowed the freeze.

He added: “I think its right we go with a two year freeze because its important people keep their money in their pockets as much as possible at this time.”

Cabinet member for finance and resources, Councillor Jim Dickson, said the council was moving the budget at a time of great economic uncertainty and the budget reflected that, both in allowing suitable reserves in case of further financial crisis and saving money for residents.

He said: “This is a budget which is good for the community, right for the community and good for services.”

The Bank of England has reduced interest rates to a record low of 1% from 1.5% in an attempt to boost the shrinking economy.Lowest price ever

This marks the fifth interest rate cut since October, as the Bank seeks to encourage more lending.

However, there are concerns that savers will be hurt by lower interest rates.

And business groups argue that this rate cut will not be enough to ease the economic crisis, and will not encourage banks to lend.

The decision comes after official data showed the UK had entered a recession in December, after two successive quarters of economic contraction.

The Bank Rate has now been reduced from 5% in October last year.

In a statement, the Bank of England said that the rate cuts, along with government measures to boost the economy, “would provide a considerable stimulus to activity as the year progressed.”